The Washington State Legislature is introducing a bill to clarify the state’s intent to give local jurisdictions the freedom to make their own decisions about how to handle primaries and at-large seats

We must fight to save our democracy. Every single one of us. It doesn’t matter if you lean progressive or conservative. Democracy is not something we have; it is something we do. Democracy is an action. It goes away if we don’t constantly work on it and defend it.

Recently, the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center (RCVRC) hosted a webinar on RCV legislation. I was joined by Karen Brinson Bell and Gary Bartlett to present the different legislative proposals to adopt RCV, sample ballot language and the approval process for RCV.

It’s hard to believe that we launched FairVote California (FVCA) just 16 months ago! Being the first in my family to be born in California, I know that our state’s great diversity is the perfect place for systemic change -- and it’s exciting to me to have a chance to be part of a potentially historic win in the City of Santa Clara in 2018.

When I arrived we were gearing up for the formal introduction of the Fair Representation Act, FairVote’s signature reform proposal at the national level, and a celebration that day kicking off our 25th anniversary year

FairVote’s Outreach department had an extremely productive and effective 2017. Lead by Outreach Director Scott Siebel and Deputy Outreach Director Grace Ramsey, the team has been working to bring ranked choice voting (RCV) to cities and states across the country.